Shokugeki no Souma
49

49: A Pack of Wolves

Page 01Souma: Now’s the time…!Hayama: Huh…?Hayama: What!? This smell is…!Side Text: What in the world could be in the pot…!?Audience: Hmm…?Audience: Hey, check out that pot!

Page 02Audience: It’s rice…Audience: with vegetables and spices.49: A Pack of WolvesAudience: cooking all of that together… this must beAudience: Risotto!Audience: What that transfer student’s making is curry… risotto?!BG Text: An amazing smell envelopes them!!

Page 03Souma: Oh… Hayama!Souma: So your station was over here…Hayama: …Your pot...Souma: ?Hayama: You made a paste by combining apples, bananas and carrots.Hayama: Using that, you were able to thicken your dish and create something like a risotto…Souma: Whoa… you’re really good. That’s right!Souma: You really do have a good nose.Hayama: No, wait… there’s still something hiding within.Hayama: The scent of the spices… Even though there doesn’t seem to be anything particularly unusual that was used...Hayama: What is this!? What is the true form behind this complex scent…!Souma: You know… truth is, I was experimenting well into the morning!Souma: So while I was focusing so much on the smell, I kinda fell asleep. (It was a surprise.)Hayama: …Hayama: What guts he must have…

Isshiki: Fufu…But you see, I’m still just a student, so...Orie: That’s fine. Just drop out of school and I’ll support you for the rest of your life.Orie: Hey~…Orie: Hurry up~…Orie: Meanie~…Isshiki: Well, for now, let’s just wait to taste the cooking of all these cute little first years.Orie: Ehhhhh… But they all look so dull.Orie: Especially… over there—Orie: that one.

Page 06Tadokoro: It’s okay…Tadokoro: I’ve practiced this countless times back home.Tadokoro: As long as I do it the same way...Tadokoro: Ah!Audience: Geez, what the hell is she doing?Audience: Man, she’s a dunce...Orie: Oh, look… these two have the same family name.Orie: Could they be twins, too?Audience: The fond is being made with beef shank and chicken bones!(TN: “Fond” is the French term for soup stock or the foundation of a sauce. In this instance, the beef shank refers only to the actual bone and not the cut of meat.)Audience: Before he began to boil them, it looks like he slowly roasted them in the oven.(TN: The exact verb used here means to extract the flavor by boiling. This is commonly done in order to make homemade soup stocks and broths.)Audience: Wow! With that, he’s able to bring out an exquisite depth of flavor!

Page 07Audience: Oh… That...Audience: It’s pasta! That’s pasta dough!Audience: Isn’t it kinda yellowish?Audience: He must’ve kneaded in some turmeric in..(TN: Turmeric is a main ingredient in most curry powders, and is often what gives curry that distinctive yellow color.)

Page 08Audience: Whoa…! With the mezzaluna,Audience: He sliced up all the pasta in an instant?!Audience: Wait, isn’t that kind of knife meant for mincing ingredients!?Audience: To be able to slice pasta into such uniform strands… That takes an amazing level of skill!!Audience: I can’t believe he’s putting curry into pasta!Audience: As expected from an Italian chef!Audience: How’s his little brother doing?Audience: ?Audience: He’s laying a full bed of tomatoes in that pot…?Audience: Huh? What is he doing?

Page 09Isshiki: Oh, I see now…Isshiki: That’s what he’s doing!Orie: Tomatoes are a crucial vegetable in Italian cuisine…Orie: It seems like he knows all about thatOrie: Oh…? It looks like the little brother has brought out some dough, too.Orie: But it doesn’t look like he’s making pasta.Orie: What kind of dough is that…?Takumi: Listen up… you better be giving it your all to try and defeat me, Isami!Isami: Yeah, I’ve giving it my all.Isami: Though you better not cry when I beat you.Isami: Every time you lose a game, you always start crying.Takumi: Tha… That was only when we were back in grade school!

Page 11Orie: She’s sautéing the spicesOrie: in “duck fat”…!Audience: Amazing! Adding to that pot…Audience: The fat from the fond… She’s even adding all of the duck from the pan..!!Audience: Wha… What kind of flavor will develop….?Orie: …Interesting.Orie: Is she making a [Gibier Curry]…?(TN: “Gibier” is French for wild game animal.)

Page 12Audience: Good job, Yoshino!Audience: They’re completely different from everyone else around them!!Audience: Nakiri Alice…Audience: She smashed the potatoes through a strainerAudience: and now she’s kneading coriander into a pie dough she’s making.Audience: No… Much more interesting than that is

Page 13:Audience: Her blast chiller and centrifuge… She’s showing off all of her brand new, cutting edge equipment!(TN: The term for the blast chiller was “rapid freezer”… I think they’re referring to a blast chiller.)Audience: I can’t even imagine what kind of cooking she’s going to perform!!(TN: Given her equipment, it’s safe to say that Alice is probably a molecular gastronomist—meaning she uses technology and chemicals to create interesting combinations and textures that you can’t achieve through normal cooking methods.)Audience: On that note, Erina-sama’s personal assistant is also quite amazing…!Judge: When making curry, the first thought that crosses your mind must be, “Sauté the spices in oil”…Judge: In theory, using the oil and heat, you volatilize the essential oil constituents, and allow for the fragrance to rise.Judge: However, this girl...Judge: I believe she has mixed together a variety of spices.

Page 14Judges: She’s pouring it into the water!?Judge: I’m intensely interested now…Judge: Ehh…! What in the world is she aiming for…Alice: That’s nothing special.Alice: Your special technique is so last week.Alice: Since you’re in the same block as me, you’re taking this seriously, huh?Alice: I’m happyNao: Since Erina-sama, as part of the Elite 10, is committed to the operation of this stage,Nao: All I can think about is making sure I don’t neglect any crucial steps.Girl: …Heeheehee.

Page 15Nao: As pretentious as always…!Audience: It’s Sadatsuka Nao!Audience: She’s stewing…Audience: a Black roux!!(TN: A roux is made by combining flour and a fat such as butter or oil and is used as thickening agent for many different types of sauces)Audience: Is this still….considered cooking……..Audience: or is it Black MagicAudience: Looking at her, it does looks kinda similar to sorceryNao: HeeHeeHeeHeeHeeAudience: She’s laughing…Audience: She must’ve added something weird, right…Scream: UohhhhhhhhAudience: !!Announcer: Hailing from a famous Chinese restaurant that has been around for 50 years in the Yokohama Chinatown districtAnnouncer: The woman who is the heiress to that tradition

Page 16Announcer: Houjou Miyoko!

Page 17Urara: Hah…! Who the hell…Urara: Who the hell are all the boys fawning over now…!!Box: Kawashima Urara standing byJudge: The pan used for Chinese cooking is…Judge: A metal Wok!(TN: I didn’t know this originally, but the Japanese call a Wok, Chuuka Nabe…meaning Chinese Pot/Pan….)Judge: The single most fundamental thing about Chinese cooking is thatJudge: It seems simple for sureJudge: However, to be able to freely manipulate that kind of pan, you need a…(TN: The actual very is to swing or shake. However, it sounded weird to me in English)Judge: Strong ArmJudge: And StatureJudge: That is what greatly separatesJudge: those of this cuisine!!

Page 18Audience: Woah! I don’t believe what I’m seeing!!Audience: She’s able to control that gargantuan pan with such composure!!Judge: Moreover, many of the spices used in Chinese cuisine are shared with Curry CuisineJudge: I look forward to seeing what she finishes up for usOrie: I’m decidedOrie: Please give me all the kids that they’re all talking aboutJudge: She said “Give Me”…!!Judge: She said something that amazing so easily!Orie: Oh, but, I don’t want that girl with the braidsOrie: She doesn’t seem all that and doesn’t look to have much promiseIsshiki: Fufu…Isshiki: I wonder about that

Page 19BG Text: Bring out everything you have and collide…!! Next time, A Poster and a Center Colored Page!!Yuuki: Tadokoro Megumi…Yuuki: I have an interest in you…End Text: Next Time, To commemorate the release of a new volume, a color page!! What does Yuuki Mio-san have for Tadokoro-chan!?